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While Acupuncture originated in China approximately 3,000 years ago, the practice spread over the Asian continent and developed its own regional adaptations leading to many different styles of acupuncture.

Acupuncture is one of the main forms of treatment in traditional Chinese medicine. It involves the use of sharp, thin needles that are inserted in the body at very specific points. This process is bes....

Moxibustion is a technique used in traditional Chinese medicine in which a stick or cone of burning mugwort, , is placed over an inflamed or affected area on the body. The cone is placed on an acupunr ...

Acupressure is a form of touch therapy that utilizes the principles of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. In acupressure, the same points on the body are used as in acupuncture, but are stimulated witn....

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is based on a set of interventions designed to restore balance to human beings. The therapies usually considered under the heading of classic Chinese medicine inclue:...

Kampo (sometimes spelled kanpo) is a Japanese variant of Chinese traditional medicine that involves the extensive use of herbs. The name is derived from the Japanese symbols , which means China and ,y....

Insomnia is the inability to obtain an adequate amount or quality of sleep. The difficulty can be in falling asleep, remaining asleep, or both. People with insomnia do not feel refreshed when they was....

Shiatsu is a manipulative therapy developed in Japan and incorporating techniques of (Japanese traditional massage), acupressure, stretching, and Western massage. Shiatsu involves applying pressure e....

Trigger point therapy is a bodywork technique that involves the application of pressure to tender muscle tissue in order to relieve pain and dysfunction in other parts of the body. It may also be cal (...

Neck pain is a nonspecific symptom of discomfort that has a number of possible causes. Depending on the cause, neck pain may be experienced as limited to the neck itself (localized), or as radiating k....

Motion sickness is a condition characterized by uncomfortable sensations of dizziness, nausea, and vomiting that people experience when their sense of balance and equilibrium is disturbed by constantd....

The Chinese system of food cures regards dietary regulation as preventive medicine as well as a corrective measure to be undertaken once someone falls ill. Diet is one of four major treatment modalite....

Reiki, pronounced ray-key, comes from two Japanese words. Rei means ‘Universal ‘or ‘The Wisdom coming from a higher knowledge’; and ki, means ‘universal life force energy’. It is said that Reiki originated in Tibet approximately 2500 years ago; however, what is known is that it was ‘rediscovered’ in the mid nineteenth century by Dr. Mikao Usui.

Glucosamine is an amino sugar that occurs naturally in the body. This one-molecule substance consists of glucose and a hydrogen and nitrogen amine. Amino sugars are different from other body sugars, t....